Communities working for justice and dignity

Month: Mar 2019

by Vusi aka Mabaso On Thursday the 14th of March 2019, one of the seven mines at Vosman under Emalahleni Municipality (ELM) in Mpumalanga South Africa had a terrifying blast that shaked houses. In less than five minutes…

By Simon Vilakazi People in Woodstock, Cape Town were left homeless after fire gutted parts of their residential building, Victoria Centre, on the 16th of March 2019. The fire made the building inhabitable to the tenants. When residents…

By Sophia Takuva Women miners and community monitors from Runde Rural District council gathered at Pote hill Hotel in Zvishavane, Zimbabwe on 6 March 2019 for a workshop convened by Centre for Conflict Management and Transformation to deliberate…

By Juliet Gudhlanga Capitalism and neo liberal policies have catalysed poverty and inequality in resource extraction. In Zimbabwe, the discovery of Marange diamonds since 2002 has presented a clear case of the Dutch disease presented by natural resources…

by Simon. Residents of the southern suburbs of Cape Town from Plumstead, Wynberg, Claremont to Mowbray had no running water from their taps from Thursday, 7 March to Friday morning 2019. This is because of bursting of the…

By Dorothy Mabelebele On the 5th of March 2019, Community Health Care Workers (CHWs) under the Gauteng Community Health Forum marched to the National Health Department in Pretoria against the fixed term contract that Carers recently received. CHWs…

By Juliet Gudhlanga, ZIMCODD/SEJA 06 March 2019 Acute foreign currency shortages in Zimbabwe have caused wage erosion. Even when employed, women and youths in Zimbabwe face poverty and related inequality. Evidence of long queues this week at foreign…

By Mmathapelo Thobejane, Sekhukhune, Limpopo It’s that time of the year again when people make a living out of sand. Unemployment is one of the challenges we are facing in this area and during this season sand mining…

Illegal sand mining continues in Limpopo. When there is no rain the sand becomes scarce and expensive. When it rains big commercial trucks come to destroy river banks harvesting sand, corroding rivers and disturbing the ecosystem balance. In…

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Ubumbano Voice is a platform for community activists to share stories, resources and information. It is the outcome of a process of critical reflection on social justice work by organisations in the region. It is supported by members of the ACT Alliance and other organisations in Southern Africa.